Feds Tried to Destroy Christian Bakers… But Look What They Just Did FOR These Muslims

A federal court awarded $240,000 last week to two Somali-American Muslims after they were fired from their trucking company for failing to deliver a shipment of alcohol.

The 2013 lawsuit, filed by Mahad Abass Mohamed and Abdikarim Hassan Bulshale, claimed that they were fired by Star Transport Inc. because they felt delivering the alcohol would have gone against their religious values as Muslims.

According to the Peoria Journal-Star, the three-day trial in Illinois federal court ended with almost a quarter of a million dollars being awarded to the two men for discrimination.

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“This is an awesome outcome. Star Transport failed to provide any discrimination training to its human resources personnel, which led to catastrophic results for these employees,” June Calhoun, one of the attorneys with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, said in a statement.

“They suffered real injustice that needed to be addressed. By this verdict, the jury remedied the injustice by sending clear messages to Star Transport and other employers that they will be held accountable for their unlawful employment practices.

“Moreover, they signaled to Mr. Mohamed and Mr. Bulshale that religious freedom is a right for all Americans.”

Unless, of course, you’re a Christian and you own a bakery.

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As you may recall, Aaron and Melissa Klein of Oregon were fined $135,000 by the state for refusing to bake a cake for a gay marriage. They said that they felt that they couldn’t fulfill the order and stay true to their religious beliefs.

The people who wanted their alcohol delivered were every bit as much a customer as the gay couple who wanted a wedding cake. What’s the major difference here? Political correctness and the liberal agenda. The delivery drivers had a religion that merits protection, as the EEOC has shown in other cases. The bakers did not.

If you’re going to award one side $240,000, you cannot, in good faith, look the other way when Christian bakers ask for the same protection. As the attorney for the EEOC quite rightly pointed out, “religious freedom is a right for all Americans.”

In all fairness, Messrs. Mohamed and Bulshale may have some difficulty collecting their money. Star Transport is no longer in operation, according to the Journal-Star, and the ruling did not make clear who, if anyone, would be monetarily responsible for the verdict.